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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

持もち合あわせる

mochiawaseru

to happen to have on hand

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは現金げんきんを持もち合あわせていない。

    I don’t have any cash about me.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは百円ひゃくえんしか持もち合あわせていなかった。

    He had no more than one hundred yen with him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼かれはその時何ときなにも持もち合あわせていなかった。

    He did not have anything with him then.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 持合

  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 合fit; suitOnゴウ・ガッ・カッKunあう・あい・あい-

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